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Senior Network Engineer

Job details
Posting date: 17 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 17 May 2024
Location: Seaton Delaval, NE25 0QJ
Company: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6210047/319-6210047HD

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Summary

A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHFM (Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management).


Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT provides health and social care services in Primary care, Acute hospitals, Community hospitals, and adult Social care services through the 12000 employed staff.

Northumbria Facility Management Team (NHFML) team provide all of the technology and technical development to assist in the current electronic systems and the development and delivery of the drive to be paper free at the point of care.

Responsible for the management and performance of client network infrastructure LAN / WAN, Wireless LAN and DC, providing pro-active support to ensure maximum availability of service in line with Trust service level agreements.

To ensure high availability, security and usability of the network that is transparent to users.

Provide regular monitoring of Networks and rapid response to incidents.

Manage the day to day co-ordination of workloads for Network Engineers within Network Team.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the service. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which engages, enables and empowers others.

Uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

To lead, inspire and motivate others to high performance by agreeing clear goals and objectives, providing support and guidance and creating opportunities for development

Design, development and implementation of IT Network Infrastructure and best practices across a large organisation

To provide a seamless, reliable network with minimal downtime whilst extending its capabilities as a part of ongoing development.

To develop and maintain efficient management of all networked systems under the control of Service.

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Carrying out facilities management for a state-of-the-art specialist emergency care hospital - The Northumbria, three general hospitals - North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham hospitals - and a number of smaller community hospitals and clinic sites, we cover one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our websitewww.nhfm.co.ukfor more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

To plan and organise a range of complex activities related to implementation of new systems including liaison with suppliers and end users, production of work plans and monitoring these to ensure completion on time and within assigned costs.

The role requires the active participation in the development of the lT Team's working methods and development of the service to ensure that changing business needs continue to be met.

To contribute to the development of a culture of high engagement, where staff are empowered and entrusted to provide the best services and care for patients To promote and facilitate innovation and continuous improvement to deliver better services for service users and patients

Responsible for Installation, repair and maintenance of all physical assets, such as routers, switches, UPS, used throughout client sites.

To obtain quotes from potential suppliers and make recommendations to line manager on most appropriate solutions.

The post holder is expected to keep up to date with current and future developments of network infrastructure technology.

Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of users.

Must be able to work without close supervision.

To participate in the out of hours and on-call rota.

To demonstrate Trust core values and behaviors


This advert closes on Wednesday 15 May 2024

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